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DEP collects $85,000 penalty for Mariner East 2 pipeline construction violations
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DEP collects $85,000 penalty for Mariner East 2 pipeline construction violations

On August 16, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has assessed an $85,666 penalty from Sunoco Pipeline LP (Sunoco) for violations related to the construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in four Pennsylvania counties: Blair, Cumberland, Juniata, and Lebanon.

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Pennsylvania: Neighbors and anglers cry foul over Sunoco’s pollution of Chester County trout stream
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Pennsylvania: Neighbors and anglers cry foul over Sunoco’s pollution of Chester County trout stream

The discharge is not toxic, but it can hurt stream life. And people who live near the work site are fed up with a project one says moves ‘full steam ahead’ no matter the consequences.
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Clean Air Council: Another spill from construction of Sunoco's Mariner East II pipeline
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Clean Air Council: Another spill from construction of Sunoco's Mariner East II pipeline

The Clean Air Council reported a spill of at least 1,000 gallons on August 10 in connection with the construction of Sunoco's Mariner East II Pipeline into Marsh Creek Lake in Chester County, Pennsylvania

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PA: State environmental regulator cancels public hearings due to COVID-19
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PA: State environmental regulator cancels public hearings due to COVID-19

Neil Shader, DEP communications director, said they decided to cancel and not postpone because it’s unclear when the COVID-19 pandemic will be brought under control.  
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Mariner East pipeline worker charged with felony for falsifying weld records
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Mariner East pipeline worker charged with felony for falsifying weld records

A pipeline worker from Westmoreland County is expected to plead guilty to a felony for forging documents that said a weld on the Mariner East pipeline was properly X-rayed when, in reality, it was not.

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Energy Transfer and TigerSwan face bribery charges
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Energy Transfer and TigerSwan face bribery charges

In a “buy-a-badge scheme,” Energy Transfer and TigerSwan allegedly paid elected constables to guard the Mariner East 2 pipeline.
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Court: PA Sen. Dinniman did not have standing to bring complaint to PUC over Mariner East pipeline construction failures

Court: PA Sen. Dinniman did not have standing to bring complaint to PUC over Mariner East pipeline construction failures

The Commonwealth Court issued a decision saying Sen. Andy Dinniman did not have a direct, immediate and substantial interest" in construction failures by Sunoco's Mariner East 2 Pipeline to bring a complaint.

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